| Authorised form of name | Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer |
| Other forms of name | Adrien |
| Dates | 1622 - 1691 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Rouen, France, Europe |
| Date of birth | January 1622 |
| Place of death | Rome, Italy, Europe |
| Date of death | 23 May 1691 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Physics |
| Mathematics |
| Activity | Career:
Designed apparatus of mercury barometer in a vacuum (1647); worked for clergymen or noblemen, for example in managing their estates (1640s); wrote to King Louis XIV about the need for a public observatory (1664); made astronomical observations from Jean-Baptiste Colbert's residence in Paris (1666);
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences (Original Member)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/05/1666 |
| Proposer | Henry Oldenburg |
| Other Royal Society activity | Acted as a frequent correspondent to the Society, e.g. presented his new micrometer in a letter to Oldenburg (1666); Had some astronomical observations and reports published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1660s) |
| Relationships | Parents: Adrian Auzout and Jeanne Piedelièvre |
| General context | After leaving Rouen, Auzout became a member of the circle of French mathematician Marin Mersenne, who was also a correspondent to Fellows such as Samuel Sorbiere (FRS 1663) or Theodore Haak (FRS 1663). The group of natural philosophers who gathered at Colbert's residence for astronomical observations can be seen as a precursor to the Académie des Sciences. He was involved in some academic disputes with both Hevelius (FRS 1663) on comet predictions and William Petty (FRS 1663) on ancient architecture and statistics. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; DBF; Hunter
References:
Cook, A. 2004. 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 3-19
Hetherington, N S. 1972-3. 'The Hevelius-Auzout Controversy', in Notes and Records, vol. 27, pp. 103-106
Notes:
DBF gives date of death as 16 January 1691; BR gives date of birth as 28 January 1691 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/19827688 |
| Royal Society code | NA2328 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| LBO/1/106 | Copy extract of a letter from Adrian Auzout, Paris, to Henry Justel | 27 January 1666 |
| LBO/1/141 | Copy of a letter from Adrian Auzout at Paris to Henry Oldenburg | 28 December 1666 |
| LBO/9/88 | Copy letter from Adrian Azout, Paris, to HenryJustel | 3 June 1684 |
| LBO/2/40 | Copy extract of a letter from Adrian Auzout, Paris, to Henry Oldenburg | 29 December 1667 |
| EL/A/16 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 16 July 1666 |
| EL/A/19 | Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg | 1666 |
| EL/A/3 | Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to L'Abbe Charles | 1664 |
| EL/A/21 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg | 17 March 1668 |
| EL/A/2 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to L'Abbe Charles, dated at Paris | 13 October 1664 |
| EL/A/13 | Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg | 1666 |
| EL/A/15 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to the Royal Society, dated at Paris | 16 July 1666 |
| EL/A/18 | Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg | 1666 |
| EL/A/10 | Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg | 1666 |
| EL/O1/74 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout, dated at London | 29 June 1668 |
| EL/A/11 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 14 April 1666 |
| EL/O1/94 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout, dated at London | 2 January 1669 |
| EL/A/22 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 25 January 1677 |
| CLP/9ii/5 | Extract, 'Osservatione del Signor Adriano Auzout fatta in Roma nel principio di quest'anno intorno alla declinatione della Calamita, estratta dal primo Giornale de' Letterati dell'anno 1670' | [1670] |
| EL/A/4 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout [to the Royal Society] dated at Paris | 20 October 1664 |
| EL/A/5 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 22 June 1665 |
| EL/A/8 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Justel, dated at Paris | 27 January 1666 |
| EL/A/12 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 5 May 1666 |
| EL/A/9 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 12 February 1666 |
| EL/A/6 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 11 July 1665 |
| EL/A/20 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 29 December 1667 |
| EL/A/7 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg | 3 October 1665 |
| EL/A/17 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 28 December 1666 |
| EL/O1/29 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout | 24 May 1666 |
| EL/A/14 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 18 May 1666 |
| CLP/2/13/1 | Manuscript, on telescopes and how to use them by [Robert Hooke?] | [1667] |
| CLP/2/13 | Paper, on telescopes and how to use them by [Robert Hooke?] | [1667?] |
| EL/A/1 | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to [unknown correspondent] | 3 March 1665 |